Over the years, after talking with tens of thousands of entrepreneurs, artists and creatives, almost every success story we’ve heard has been filled with stories of failure. Unfortunately, in our view the media rarely covers these parts of the story – instead we often read summaries that make it seem like success happened “overnight.” However, what we’ve learned in our conversations with so many successful folks is that failure is core ingredient in the recipe for future success. Below, we’ve shared some fascinating stories of failure from folks who have ultimately found great success.

Antonio Garcia

Failure is a part of life that I feel a lot of people are afraid to experience because it can really make or break you but it can really make you have a positive outlook on things aswell. Read more>>

Crissa-Jean Chappell

During the pandemic, I fell into a dark hole of depression. I was drowning in grief over the death of my mother to Alzheimer’s. She was my best friend and without her, all the magic in the world was gone. Read more>>

Bailey Foreman

Absolutely, failure has been an integral part of my journey as an artist. One particular instance that stands out occurred early in my career when I sold one of my first pieces through Facebook Marketplace. Read more>>

Jenna Balogh

I’ve definitely failed. I think it’s important though, because. every time I fail, I seem to learn something new about myself. One “failure” that I think of often is when I was laid off from my agency job in 2020. Read more>>

Roshell McKenzie

I’ve failed roughly 2 times with my business. Rosh2Go was actually a side hustle back then because I used to cook on Saturdays only. I had a 9-5 so, I wasn’t focusing on the business 100%. Read more>>